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Polling on how the public expects AI to affect society and the industry's communications response to scepticism.
More than half of Americans under 30 say they are more concerned than excited about AI, and one survey suggests different messaging barely moves that. Plan around it.
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Florida's Republican gubernatorial nominee ran on ratepayer costs while taking AI PAC money. The NRSC calls data centers a midterm "sleeper issue." Cost allocation is now a schedule risk.
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Washington Post data has AI and data centers outranking crypto, Israel and manufacturing on candidate websites. Siting and power decisions now carry electoral risk.
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The Airbnb CEO says founders are afraid to build for consumers. The statistic he cited describes a funding pipeline, not a mood, and he helps govern the institution that produced it.
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